Malaysian transgender woman gustong ipakulong dahil sa pagdadamit-babae; On asylum sa Australia

(Photo courtesy: Nur Sajat Kamaruzzaman)

Dahil sa pagsusuot ng tradisyonal na damit pambabae sa isang private religious ceremony, nahaharap sa kasong pang-iinsulto sa Islam si Nur Sajat Kamaruzzaman.

Ang parusa ay hanggang tatlong taong pagkakakulong.

Si Nur Sajat, 36 years old, ay transgender woman, at isang cosmetics businesswoman sa Malaysia at itinuturing na national celebrity dahil sa kanyang malaking following sa social media.

Idinevelop niya ang sariling line ng skincare products at health supplements na isa nang matagumpay na negosyo ngayon.

Sa mata ng Malaysian authorities, nananatiling lalaki si Nur Sajat, at hindi maaaring magsuot ng damit pambabae sa ilalim ng Islamic law.

Sa panayam ng BBC, ikinuwento ni Nur Sajat ang naranasan niya matapos arestuhin.

“I had to run away. I was treated harshly, I was hit, pushed, handcuffed, all in front of my parents and family. I felt ashamed and sad. I gave them my cooperation, but they still did that to me,” paglalahad niya sa BBC.

“Maybe it was because they see me as a trans woman, so they did not care if I was held, beaten, stamped on. We trans women have feelings too. We deserve to live our lives like normal people.”

Ayon sa kanya, kinailangan niyang mag-apply ng asylum sa Australia upang matakasan ang persecution, at ngayon ay nakatira na siya sa Sydney.

(In photo: Si Nur Sajat sa Australia. Photo courtesy: Nur Sajat Kamaruzzaman)

Noong 2017, nag-post ng medical report si Nur Sajat na isa na siyang ganap na babae.

Nitong 2020, nag-pilgrimage siya sa Mecca kasama ang pamilya, suot ang hijab, bagay na hindi nagustuhan ng ilang conservative Muslims.

Nang hingan ng pahayag ng BBC ang Malaysian Religious Affairs Department, wala itong komento.

Pero ayon sa report, nagbigay ng pahayag si Religious Affairs Minister Idris Ahmad noong Setyembre: “If he is willing to come to us, admits doing wrong, if he is willing to return to his true nature, there is no problem. We do not want to punish him, we just want to educate him.”

(Photo courtesy: Nur Sajat Kamaruzzaman)

Ayon kay Nisha Ayub, isang transgender campaigner, kailangan protektahan ng Malaysian authorities ang karapatan ng transgender people.

“If our leaders would recognise minorities as part of our society, things would change,” ayon kay Nisha Ayub.

“Everything starts from the laws that need to be reformed. So long as there are laws specifically targeting our community, things will never change.”

(PSH-NP)

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